'Being allowed to leave does not erase injustice': Former Dubai resident leaves Iraq after years of detention

The National ·
United Arab Emirates

A former Dubai resident detained in Iraq for more than five years said being allowed to return to his family shouldn't mask the injustice he was forced to endure. Australian engineer Robert Pether, 50, was reunited with his family in Ireland on Monday after being allowed to leave Iraq having been sent to jail over a contract dispute involving his employer. Mr Pether was released from prison last…

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